Example sentences of "have [be] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since a Conservative government has been elected for a fourth term these developments will probably continue . |
| 2 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 3 | The temporary ‘ window of opportunity ’ which has made gifts of works of art and other property to US museums fully tax deductible since January 1991 , has been extended for a further eighteen months from July . |
| 4 | I am very pleased to announce that , thanks to the generosity of the Wolfson Foundation and family charitable trust , the museums and galleries improvement fund has been extended for a further two years to 1995-96 . |
| 5 | A SUCCESSFUL after-care scheme run for elderly people at Middlesbrough General Hospital has been extended for a further year , it was announced last night . |
| 6 | Sir Hugh added that the Dragon offer has been extended for a further 14 days . |
| 7 | Funding has been obtained for a vocational exchange between catering students from Telford and Lyon in France . |
| 8 | The use of high dose ascorbic acid ( vitamin C ) has been advocated for a wide range of ailments for years . |
| 9 | This route has been earmarked for a possible future extension of the Midland Metro light rail transit system . |
| 10 | The yard has been earmarked for a complete overhaul by private developers . |
| 11 | They face another five years in opposition and Labour will have another inquest into why it has been rejected for a fourth time . |
| 12 | Certainly it has been argued for a discrete stimulus trained as an occasion setter that subsequently presenting it alone will not produce a loss of occasion-setting power ( e.g. Rescorla 1986 ) ( but see also Ross 1983 ; Holland and Gory 1986 ) . |
| 13 | Now the way has been cleared for a wider approach , through the use of software recommended as a common Group standard . |
| 14 | This very high degree of risk has been maintained for a long time as many studies over the past thirty years have shown . |
| 15 | has been re-appointed for a further year as part-time member of AEA Board . |
| 16 | The route has been planned for a 25 mile ride through the East Hampshire countryside starting and finishing at the Bohunt Centre , with plenty of refreshment stops on the way . |
| 17 | The ban on commercial whaling has been upheld for a further year — prompting threats from Iceland and Norway to leave the International Whaling Commission . |
| 18 | A congested city has been selected for a detailed three month inquiry into its traffic problems . |
| 19 | As an example of discourse analysis data , it has been selected for a particular purpose . |
| 20 | A prisoner who threw boiling water over a fellow inmate has been jailed for a further three and a half years . |
| 21 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 22 | A LIFEBOAT crew has been honoured for a daring rescue on the Cleveland coast . |
| 23 | A CD is a negotiable bearer instrument issued by a bank which certifies that a stated sum has been deposited for a specific time period at a particular interest rate . |
| 24 | Part of the problem has been the software , which has been looking for a decent hardware platform and waiting for support from a mainstream operating system vendor . |
| 25 | The German bank has been looking for a French opening for its global expansion for some time . |
| 26 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
| 27 | Morgan has been looking for a white knight for the last two weeks since insurance broker Willis Faber announced it was selling its 20 per cent stake in the merchant bank to Banque Indosuez , part of Compagnie Financiere de Suez . |
| 28 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
| 29 | This has been realized for a long time , and it is on record that John Dalton analysed the water supply for the firm of Sykes & Co. at Stockport and declared it suitable for the purpose . |
| 30 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |